📍 650 E 91st Pl, Chicago, Cook County, 60619
Burnside Elem Scholastic Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 308 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelly Thigpen. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Burnside Elem Scholastic Academy enrolls 308 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 302 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
238 of the school's 308 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Burnside Elem Scholastic Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 17, state house district 34.
Burnside Elem Scholastic Academy is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 308 students, Burnside Elem Scholastic Academy is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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